
Anita L DeStefano, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
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Other Positions
- Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
- - Boston Medical Center
- Member, Genome Science Institute - Boston University
Education
- Cornell University, PhD Field of Study: Animal Breeding/Biometry
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, MS Field of Study: Dairy Science
- Cornell University, BS Field of Study: Veterinary Science
Publications
- Published on 2/21/2025
Wang B, Chibnik LB, Choi SH, Blacker D, DeStefano AL, Lin H. Association of genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive function in two European populations. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 21; 15(1):6410. PMID: 39984543.
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- Published on 12/4/2024
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- Published on 10/20/2024
Lee WP, Choi SH, Shea MG, Cheng PL, Dombroski BA, Pitsillides AN, Heard-Costa NL, Wang H, Bulekova K, Kuzma AB, Leung YY, Farrell JJ, Lin H, Kunkle BW, Naj A, Blue EE, Nusetor F, Wang D, Boerwinkle E, Bush WS, Zhang X, De Jager PL, Dupuis J, Farrer LA, Fornage M, Martin E, Pericak-Vance M, Seshadri S, Wijsman EM, Wang LS, Schellenberg GD, Destefano AL, Haines JL, Peloso GM. Association of common and rare variants with Alzheimer's disease in more than 13,000 diverse individuals with whole-genome sequencing from the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Dec; 20(12):8470-8483. PMID: 39428839.
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- Published on 9/18/2024
Krüger DM, Pena-Centeno T, Liu S, Park T, Kaurani L, Pradhan R, Huang YN, Risacher SL, Burkhardt S, Schütz AL, Wan Y, Shaw LM, Brodsky AS, DeStefano AL, Lin H, Schroeder R, Krunic A, Hempel N, Sananbenesi F, Blusztajn JK, Saykin AJ, Delalle I, Nho K, Fischer A. The plasma miRNAome in ADNI: Signatures to aid the detection of at-risk individuals. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Nov; 20(11):7479-7494. PMID: 39291752.
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- Published on 6/12/2024
Xu H, Gupta S, Dinsmore I, Kollu A, Cawley AM, Anwar MY, Chen HH, Petty LE, Seshadri S, Graff M, Below P, Brody JA, Chittoor G, Fisher-Hoch SP, Heard-Costa NL, Levy D, Lin H, Loos RJ, Mccormick JB, Rotter JI, Mirshahi T, Still CD, Destefano A, Cupples LA, Mohlke KL, North KE, Justice AE, Liu CT. Integrating Genetic and Transcriptomic Data to Identify Genes Underlying Obesity Risk Loci. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 12. PMID: 38903089.
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- Published on 3/21/2024
Wang Y, Sarnowski C, Lin H, Pitsillides AN, Heard-Costa NL, Choi SH, Wang D, Bis JC, Blue EE, Boerwinkle E, De Jager PL, Fornage M, Wijsman EM, Seshadri S, Dupuis J, Peloso GM, DeStefano AL. Key variants via the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project whole genome sequence data. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 May; 20(5):3290-3304. PMID: 38511601.
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- Published on 1/23/2024
Leung YY, Naj AC, Chou YF, Valladares O, Schmidt M, Hamilton-Nelson K, Wheeler N, Lin H, Gangadharan P, Qu L, Clark K, Kuzma AB, Lee WP, Cantwell L, Nicaretta H, Haines J, Farrer L, Seshadri S, Brkanac Z, Cruchaga C, Pericak-Vance M, Mayeux RP, Bush WS, Destefano A, Martin E, Schellenberg GD, Wang LS. Human whole-exome genotype data for Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 23; 15(1):684. PMID: 38263370.
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- Published on 11/7/2023
Lary CW, Ghatan S, Gerety M, Hinton A, Nagarajan A, Rosen C, Ross RD, Bennett DA, DeStefano AL, Ikram MA, Rivadeneira F, Kiel DP, Seshadri S, Beiser A. Bone mineral density and the risk of incident dementia: A meta-analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jan; 72(1):194-200. PMID: 37933827.
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- Published on 10/25/2023
Wang D, Scalici A, Wang Y, Lin H, Pitsillides A, Heard-Costa N, Cruchaga C, Ziegemeier E, Bis JC, Fornage M, Boerwinkle E, De Jager PL, Wijsman E, Dupuis J, Renton AE, Seshadri S, Goate A, DeStefano AL, Peloso GM. Frequency of Variants in Mendelian Alzheimer's Disease Genes within the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP). medRxiv. 2023 Oct 25. PMID: 37961373.
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- Published on 9/2/2023
Lee WP, Choi SH, Shea MG, Cheng PL, Dombroski BA, Pitsillides AN, Heard-Costa NL, Wang H, Bulekova K, Kuzma AB, Leung YY, Farrell JJ, Lin H, Naj A, Blue EE, Nusetor F, Wang D, Boerwinkle E, Bush WS, Zhang X, De Jager PL, Dupuis J, Farrer LA, Fornage M, Martin E, Pericak-Vance M, Seshadri S, Wijsman EM, Wang LS, Schellenberg GD, Destefano AL, Haines JL, Peloso GM. Association of Common and Rare Variants with Alzheimer's Disease in over 13,000 Diverse Individuals with Whole-Genome Sequencing from the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 02. PMID: 37693521.
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News & In the Media
- Published on March 25, 2024
Discovery of Genetic Variants That Influence Alzheimer’s Disease
- Published on March 24, 2024
Alzheimer’s Cure Hope as Scientists Identify Genetic Variants Linked to Disease
- Published on March 22, 2024
Study Pinpoints Several Genetic Variants Contributing to Alzheimer’s Disease
- Published on March 21, 2024
Researchers Identify Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Published on July 20, 2020
- Published on December 12, 2019
Researchers Awarded $10.8 Million to Study Genetics of Alzheimer’s
- Published on August 27, 2018
- Published on August 15, 2018
National Team of Researchers Identify New Genes That May Contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease
- Published on August 15, 2018
Researchers Identify New Genes That May Contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease
- Published on August 14, 2018
New Genes That May Contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
- Published on August 14, 2018
Dementia Breakthrough as Scientists Discover Genes Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
- Published on August 14, 2018
Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies New Alzheimer’s-Related Genes
- Published on July 6, 2018
- Published on October 20, 2016
- Published on February 17, 2016
- Published on December 22, 2014
DeStefano Awarded $2.5M Grant to Study Genetic Links to Obesity